chapter 21

As always, it was a nice day in the Alola region. The sky was blue, and lots of puffy white clouds dotted the sky. Every time a cloud passed over the sun it would give the Alolan people a bit of shade, but just looking at the clouds was relaxing despite the scorching sun.

Near the beach, two young Pokemon Trainers were lying down on the roof of a sturdy home. Professor Kukui had never caught Ash and Lillie  climbing up to the roof, so they were safe for now. 

Lillie , who had her sunhat placed atop her chest, pointed up. "Ash, look! Aren't the clouds pretty today?"

Ash also had his hat in the same position as Lillie 's, but his arms were behind his head in a relaxed pose. "Yeah. I always liked these kinds of clouds... they look like the wings of Swablu and really soft!"

The girl giggled at the analogy. "They do! Say... since these clouds are the ones that make lots of shapes, do you wanna help me find a few shapes?"

"Sure thing!" Ash responded. He squinted and focused on a lumpy cloud with two "arms" extending from a round base. "Lillie , what do you see?"

Lillie  turned to Ash with a grin. "I see a Rowlet! Maybe your Rowlet is as fluffy as a cloud!" She turned back to the sky and pointed to a circular cloud with two long ears. "I know what that is!"

Ash looked at the cloud and laughed. "Of course, that's a Pikachu's head!" He felt his face warm up as he pointed to a cloud with a pointed tip and two rounded lumps. "And that one...?"

"...it's a heart." Lillie  quietly moved her sunhat up to cover her mouth somewhat. "It's... fluffy."

Silence followed the whole time the cloud was in the sky, but Lille quietly squeaked as she felt a warm hand atop hers. She turned her head to the left, and there was Ash, smiling at her in that gentle and warm way.

"Fluffy..." He quietly chuckled. "Yeah. I think it looks fluffy too."

Hand in hand, the two watched the heart-shaped cloud drift away and deform. Even after, they still remained hand in hand.

Lillie 's own heart was like the cloud: fluffy-feeling, because of the person she saw the cloud with. Ash saw someone he never thought he would see today and it was his mom he said mom he got down than Lillie  jumped into his arms his mom said who is this ash said she is my girlfriend Lillie  she said nice to meat you he said way are you here she said this one was missing you and he saw bonnie and she hugged him Lillie  said who is this ash said she is my adopted daughter and bonnie said who is this she is my girlfriend than he asked how long are you going to be here they said 1week  he said well i have somethings to do than bonnie asked if she can come with he said no it well be to dangerous i have to go captur and ultra beast he said we can hang out in 1 hour she said ok you can go in and play with pikachu and i well be back as soon as i can she said ok 

he went and captured the ultra beast then Lillie  asked if he can come and she her mom he said that he had to go get his adopted daughter to hangout with her because i said i would after we got the ultra beast but we can go their with her she said ok ao they went to got her and then went to her house to meet her mom she said who are they Lillie  said he is her boyfriend and his adopted daughter bonnie she said her moms name was connie and her sisters Harper and sarah he said bonnie you go play with them well we toke to connie and she did it was late and bonnie was  sleepy so ash said see you at 4AM for our run then picked up bonnie and took her home and put her to bed than he laid her down on his bed and he went to the couch and went to bed than at 3:30 he got up and went out and saw Lillie  and went on the run at 5:30 they were done with the run and he asked if she was hungry and she said yes so they went back to his house and made breakfast burgers for everyone at 6:00the rest smelled something Cooking and came out and saw ash and Lillie  cooking breakfast they sat down ash said they well be done in 5 they were done they eat than ash said he had to go to work than bonnie asked if she could go with him he said yes but you have to stay out of trouble well we are there they went to mallow's family restaurant once there he told her to sit down and play with this and gave her a tablet mellow asked who is she he said she is my adopted daughter bonnie bonnie this is my friend mellow they said nice to meet you he started to work at the end of his shift Lillie  was waiting for him and said ready for scary movie night he said yes

 It was a clear night in Alola. It was the time of day where everyone was asleep, tucked in and dreaming. However, not everyone shared that notion.

In Kukui's home, there was a light still on. Two kids sat in the loft, the bright glow of a small TV slicing the darkness. Both sat snuggled in a blanket, Lillie  eating popcorn kernels in suspense of the horror movie that played. Ash was fixated on the screen, one arm around Lillie 's shoulders.

On the screen, a jumpscare appeared. Lillie  let out a tiny squeal, the bowl of popcorn clashing on the floor. She grabbed Ash's arm as she leaned against him while making terrified little whimpers.

Ash turned his eyes away from the screen and rubbed a hand over Lillie 's back. He instantly felt her tense muscles relax.

"...if something scary happens during the night, will you protect me?" the girl quietly asked.

"Of course." Ash leaned his head against Lillie 's . "I'll always protect my friends... no matter what." than they went to bed the next day he went to work at 12 o'clock his mom came in and said table for to and saw ash working and he took their order than bonnie asked if she could stay with him he said it was up to Kukui she said ok than he said what you ordered is on me they eat and left mellow said they did not pay ash said i told them i would pay for the food she said ok he was done with his shift and went to the pokemon center and called Professor oke and asked if he could send him his Eevee Chespin Greninja Charizard and all of his water type pokemon he said can do he did ash said thank you and left and went home and bonnie said that kukui said it was fine that i stay here he said ok the next day he went to work and told mellow that he had another helper and let out Greninja and they got to work his shift was done Lillie  saw him come out with his piplup and Greninja and said ready for movie night he said yes what movie are we watching she said The Dummi Bears Movie II: The Land Without Love he said ok they went to his house and sat down with bonnie and watched the movie it was late he put the to to bed and went to the roof to watch the stars bonnie came out looking for him and looked up and saw him he told his Charizard to go get her he did she said she had a nightmare and asked if she could sleep with you and he said yes they went to bed 

they woke up she said the plane went down when it took mom home he said don't were he got up his nom was about to live he said what time does your plain live she said in 1hour he went outside and called all his friends and told them we need to keep the plain from falling in 1hour they all got to his house 30minuts before the plain left they went to the airport and the plain left without problems so they went back to kukui's house ash asked lille to take bonnie to her house and look after her for awhile well i go work at mallow's family restaurant and she said yes i can he said i should be there to pick her up at 8PM i well even pay you 3 hundred dollars she said i can thank you she took bonnie to her house bonnie saw Hobbs and said nice to meat you and he said nice to meat you than lillie said she would be staying here until 8pm tonight when her dad gets off work he said ok it was 7:50 wene he got off work he got out his Charizard and flew to Lillie's house and knocked on the door Hobbs answered the door ash said he was here to get his daughter and Hobbs said that is way she is nice he went to get her she saw him and ran to him and said hi dad he gave lillie 3 hundred dollars and asked if she can watch her again tomorrow she said yes  he got on Charizard and Hobbs put bonnie on his back and ash told her to hang on she did he flew home they went to bed at 6am they got on Charizard and flew to Lillie's house hobbs saw him and went to help her down ash said thank you than went to work he picked her up at around 8pm and gave lillie 3 hundred dollars 

he got home put her to bed and asked kukui if he could watch her tomorrow because he is not going to be home until late tomorrow night he said i have to job's to do he said he could  ash said if see is asking for me from 5AM to 5pm I'm at mallow's family restaurant than from 5:30 to 12pm I'm at the pokemon center he said ok it was 4:30 bonnie came downstairs and she saw i was about to live she asked where i was going i said to work she looked scared he said did you have a nightmare last night and she said yes he took and left Professor kukui a note that said bonnie went with me than picked her up and she snuggled her head in to him and went back to sleep he got to the restaurant she woke up and they went in he set at a back table and asked what happened in your nightmare she said mom was killed in a fire last night he said it well be ok and if you want something to eat just ask me or mallow she said ok he went to mallow and told her anything she orders today i will pay for after my shift she said ok bonnie came up to mallow and asked for some eggs veggie Style she said i don't know how to make them she said ash does it is just eggs with veggies in the middle of it she said ok go sit down and we will have them out in 5 minutes and she did it was the end of his shift  and he pays the bill and and asked mallow if she could take her home for him because he has 10 minutes to get to the pokemon center for my other job she said she could he told bonnie to listen to kukui when he says that it is time for bed and bonnie said ok i well he got to the pokemon center and started to work 50 minutes in to his shift lillie came in with her vulpix and said she was Poisoned he took the vulpix to the back and treated her than he said as long as she gets some food and rest she will be fine lillie and Hobbs said that they are in your det he said it was nothing than lana came in with the same problem he treated her popplio than bonnie and mallow came in with the same problems He treated Bonnie's Dedenne than it was time for him to go home he took bonnie home and they went to bed in the morning kukui said he got a call from Professor oke last night he wanted to talk to you ash called him and asked what he wanted to talk about he said your mom died in a fire last night and you have no one to look after your pokemon so do you want any of them he said yes his fire type pokemon his 

lucario,torterra,toxtricity,torkoal,mew,mew2,all 30 of  his Tauros,manaphy,jirachi,all of his Eevee's,entei, and all of his legendary pokemon and all his power house pokemon the Professor said ok they well be all will be there in 1 hour he said thank you 1 hour later they all came he gave all but 7 tauros's to kukui and these are going to all of my friends he got on entei and rode to lillies house she saw him and came out and said who is that it is a legendary pokemon named entei he gave her his Glaceon and a tauros then went to mallow's and gave her his Leafeon and a tauros then went to Lana's  and gave her his Vaporeon and a tauros than went to sophocles's house and gave him his 

Jolteon and a tauros then went to kiwis and gave him his Flareon then he went home and told bonnie the news then she cried into his shirt he said let it out and she did lillie came over to see him and heard crying then went in ash said his mom died in a fire last night can you look after her well i go on a run to plan the funeral and she said yes i can thank

you he rode entei to the market and to the old ladys stall and asked for some fruit and said can i pay you tomorrow because my mom just died and i need to make some smoothies for who is looking after my adopted daughter and the old lady said it is on the house and ash said thank you then he went back to the house and to the roof to plan the funeral kukui came home and saw ash on the roof with some paper and a pencil and writing something down kukui told ash to come down for a minute so he got out entei and got on and said jump down he did ash said thank you kukui said who is that pokemon ash said it is a legendary pokemon entei than put it away and told the Professor what happened  he said that is to bad it was 2 days before the funeral and ash,lillie and bonnie had Hobbs take them to the funeral and they saw the body than left to go back to alola